Chapters 34-37 Summary

Shekure instructs her sons to respect their new father, at the same time telling Black to be patient and forgiving with the boys, who have grown up without a father. As the boys get ready for bed, Shekure looks at the remaining nine pictures from her father's book. The murderer has stolen the tenth and final illustration. She leaves the boys to sit with Black in the workshop on their wedding night. They look at the pictures in silence, and finally talk about the circumstances. Shekure hears someone go into her father's room and runs to check on him. She returns to Black, playing another game of love. She openly rejects him, but secretly wants him to continue with his kisses. Shekure says she will not sleep with him until the murderer is caught.

Shekure falls into a fitful sleep in...